Example sentences of "[vb base] [indef pn] away " in BNC.

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1 He tried two of the pilchard keys in the lock and put one away immediately .
2 He unpacked and put everything away immediately and strolled down to the canal .
3 If he went to stay somewhere with Margaret she unpacked her suitcase and put everything away , she did n't leave bags lying open all over the floor for someone to trip over .
4 They give nothing away , and it 's Jensen in his rock-solid role as ball-winner and organiser who is providing a base for the ones in front of him to play .
5 The early runs were made aggressively , but initial failure in Tests forced a resolve to tighten defence and give nothing away .
6 I give nothing away .
7 As a member of the Select Committee on Sittings of the House , I give nothing away — because it has been said in public session — when I say that consideration must be given to the views of the Lord President and the shadow Leader of the House about the timetabling of legislation , following some of the thinking on the subject of the Select Committee on Procedure .
8 ‘ You give nothing away , Madame . ’
9 ‘ The day you give something away I 'll take a vow of chastity .
10 I mean I do n't know cos I 'm not , I think when they give something away for nothing it 's almost worse than when they 're paying .
11 Sure , we 've got plenty on them , but as yet no conclusive proof and the three A's — Andropulos , Aristotle and Alexander — are a close-mouthed and secretive lot and we can be certain they wo n't talk to us or give anything away .
12 Or give anything away .
13 But we welcome everybody really , from the age of fifteen or sixteen to seventy , and we turn nobody away and we 're a very warm welcoming group .
14 Sometimes you chuck summat away by accident and then you have to go looking in bins to find it .
15 They 're all i in the throwing , I throw nothing away .
16 They take everything away .
17 it means that they 're there and that if you take something away from the wealthy peasants and equalize
18 Throw everything away
19 Let us at this point , though , not take anything away from Hick .
20 Recycling is better than disposal so before you throw anything away think how you could give it a second life .
21 You never throw anything away !
22 I know , my , throw anything away .
23 I tuck everything away , his toes , his fingers all swaddled against the wind .
24 But er , if you file everything away in filing cabinets , then er , you can go to the right filing cabinet , open the right drawer , maybe there 's some folders in there .
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